1. Semimetallic nature of and magnetic polarons in EuB$$_6$$ studied using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
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Beongki Cho, Byeong-Gyu Park, Boyoun Kang, Chul-Hee Min, Hyeong-Do Kim, and En-Jin Cho
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Physics ,Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) ,Condensed matter physics ,Photoemission spectroscopy ,Exchange interaction ,Fermi level ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy ,Polaron ,Brillouin zone ,Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons ,symbols.namesake ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,symbols ,Curie temperature ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons - Abstract
Temperature-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) was carried out on single-crystalline EuB6 samples. By measuring ARPES spectra in an extended Brillouin zone, a B 2p hole pocket centered at the X point is clearly observed, thus proving the semimetallic nature of EuB6. Below the Curie temperature TC, ARPES spectra show two B 2p bands of which separation is due to an exchange interaction between local Eu 4f and itinerant B 2p electrons. The exchange splitting becomes smaller as the temperature increases and disappears well above TC. Additionally, a diffuse structure near the Fermi level survives just above TC. Such behavior is well described by Monte Carlo simulations of a Kondo lattice model, thus supporting the formation of magnetic polarons in EuB6, which accounts for the resistivity upturn near above TC when lowering the temperature., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures
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- 2021